It's easy to catastrophise, but #trump may be the best disaster that could have hit the world. Because of the #straitofhormuz , lots of countries are fed up with fossil fuel dependency. The oil lobby can do a lot, but they can't convince the world that fossil fuels are the way to go anymore […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/116456201041013128 I shouldn't be angry. This is what the US is now. Every bad thing it has ever been accused of being and worse.

From "What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat" by Noah Hawley: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/

#russia 1. Enemies at our borders, we must invade to create a buffer zone 2. Ha! We've conquered this territory, our borders have expanded. 3. Go back to 1 So either the world becomes Russia or Russia will feel "insecure". But what if there are enemies in the neighbouring stellar system. We […]

When filling up, watching the numbers merrily accelerate upwards, just remember that part of the reason for this was to police where people go number 1 and 2 in public toilets and the genetalia of athletes. The abuse of #trans people as the Raison d'être for #neofascism was forgotten almost […]

The 20th century was the American century. Hell we even say American when we refer to the #usa when there are plenty of other countries in the Americas. It might seem like doom and gloom as the primacy of the USA fades, but there are plenty of positives and opportunities to gain from this loss […]

This echoes my thoughts and there is some overlap with the list I've posted about China's gifts from the #usa […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116438996392286677 #cozyvibes

Who is Donald #trump. He's the guy who watches sport and is convinced that the team manager shouldn't have made that line up. He's the guy who drives across a four-way stop and rages at the person hooting at him. He's the guy who messes up that side table after trying to build it but curses at […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/116438838241430110 I thought I was the only one. Although I hardly see the suffering ending that early

The primary beneficiary of #trump policies has been #china. 1. Weakening Europe by not bringing a quick end to the war in #ukraine 2. Weakening the #us military by engaging in a war with #iran when US military capacity is too low to handle two simultaneous conflicts 3. Fracturing #nato and Indo […]

Don't be fooled. Our president is lying. He openly does business with Russia and his government is drenched in corruption. If he cared about inequality or war neither of those things would be true. He is, like many politicians, content to pay lip service to liberty while undermining it […]

We shouldn't be shocked that the #straitofhormuz is closed again. The truth is that we are in a #Polycrisis period and we shouldn't expect to wait out one crisis before the next arrives. Despite #covid , we still don't have any meaningful preventative measures and most people were forced back […]

It’s maddening and a bit unbelievable, but I think this posted on the first day of the war in Iran, still holds. What We Know Is We Don’t Know Much #Iran #Politics warnercrocker.com/2026/02/28/wha…

There is an inflection point in politics and good politicians can smell it. That is the point where criticising something or someone becomes more popular than supporting it or them, or not saying anything. European politicians are realising this and it's boosting their electoral prospects. The […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/116399858992132519 Let me translate the midamericanese here: "We want our tech companies to capture your democracies so we can do whatever we want without facing any resistance, and Orban was the only dumb ass in power there who willing to help us out"

My humble criticism of the #nokings protests in the #usa. It's very catchy and all but it has no call to action. #southafrica did it right in my opinion. "Zuma Must Go" was a slogan, a call to action and it was something that everyone could agree on. Also, it worked. Lots of the US electorate […]

#trump is having a bad 2026 so far. He lost an election in #hungary and a war in #iran. His economic policies are doing irreparable harm to the #us and he has failed to take over the media, his Titushky lost its funding and he has had to fire two of his most servile minions from his government […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116396314798650133 Democracies need to look at changing their constitutions to make the right to communicate a fundamental human right. We always think that things like these won't happen where we are, but things like ID verification on social media are an […]

#hungary #russia #ukraine

So it seems like the voter turnout in #hungary is record breaking. I really hope this is the end of #orban. The independent media and civic organisations did stellar work. In #southafrica the pro russian party is still in government, still robbing us blind. Every time a pro russian government […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@jonpsp/116375191990166616 The #usa is an enemy of democracy and freedom. They need to be frozen out of anything and everything as soon as possible. Not because this offer was made by #putin , but because of the mere fact that such an offer could be made in the first […]

RE: https://journa.host/@timkmak/116375153691423658 I can't call people from the #usa Americans anymore, because I think it is insulting to other Americans like Canadians who also live on the continent. After thinking for a while, I think #Midamerican. So here goes. Mid Americans need to […]

Zelensky says US ignores Iran-Russia cooperation because it 'trusts Putin' #Ukraine

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/116370358190658310 I think they should have it just for the irony. A victory day parade while they are losing a war would make history books more entertaining.

For anyone that hasn't heard post-punk, I think it's the music that fits our era. That and #clowncore Anyway, this is a #prodigy remix of a #sleafordmods track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRMEeQsxjqE

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Sheep_Overboard/116365417225764656 Insane people have ruled countries, like Hitler. Evil people have ruled countries, like Stalin. Idiots have ruled countries, like W Bush. But a three in one? At least it makes life predictable. I just expect the dumbest, craziest […]

#trump and #putin are at their weakest, so they are very much invested in the election in #hungary. If #orban loses they both lose their most committed saboteur in the EU. #fico can only offer a temporary ally for them because he is also weak and unpopular. Worse yet, endorsement by Trump and […]

A thought I've been having on the war in #iran and #ukraine. This is the turning point where fossil fuel starts its decline, and with it goes the nations that possess it on the world stage. This is because the #oil lobby is going to fail to convince anyone that we should be using it as an […]

This is still sums up my thoughts and feelings five weeks into this mess. What We Know Is We Don’t Know Much #iran #politics https://warnercrocker.com/2026/02/28/what-we-know-is-we-dont-know-much/

We're in a moment of reckoning for the #eu. Will they take action against #hungary or #orban for colluding with and spying for #russia ? Every political institution will face tests of its resolve. If it falters, more brazen and direct attacks follow, because non-action is weakening in politics […]

Reading The Origins of Totalitarianism has some prescient commentary on the state of #trump #usa . The US has descended into mob rule. That mob is #maga. Who is in the mob? People who feel discarded by society. The irony is that this was entirely ignored in favour of neoliberal Wandel Durch […]

#nokings is important but the real test is whether #trump makes it to November. He needs to be removed by his own party. If not, then the #usa is far from turning a corner. In fact even if he is removed somehow after that, it shows how much damage the GOP is willing to tolerate in order to […]

How did we get here with the wars in #ukraine and #iran ? 1. Oil companies became aware of climate change 2. They hired PR firms and created "think tanks" that 3. Spread doubt in the public about the truth of climate change 4. Discredited elected governments, institutions and science. This […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@aSweetGentleman/116279048976742739 Spot in, but why don't obscenely rich people care about suffering? If you ask them they say they do care about those things, and they would be sincere. But they actually don't when the choice is between them sacrificing said obscene […]

A great explanation of how Reagan ruined the #usa . We are now at a point where US collapse is going at full speed and will take decades to fix, never to be restored to its former glory. Trickle down economics is like giving a rich guy a beer and expecting everyone else to quench their thirst […]

It looks like the way #trump defines winning is "big bomb go boom=win" and nothing beyond that. This is probably why he also doesn't understand that #russia is not winning in #ukraine , because "soldier take land=win". For both #putin and Trump, the statement "you can win all the battles but […]

#ukraine pushing into Chasiv Yar is huge. #russia is slowing down with their advances and their losses are mounting. I have a theory that if Russian gains start stalling entirely or reversing their entire country will collapse. Gaining territory has been the only thing keeping the mob of Z […]

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@kdkorte/116269760209668988 Microsoft says it's highly unlikely that US technology companies would turn off the services of European countries or politicians. Well, if you asked 2 years ago whether ICC officials would have had their MS subscriptions suspended, would […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/116268059123089139 One of the reasons why the #eu is not taken seriously is because of stuff like this. Weakness. Over and over. Where is the censure? Why wasn't the EU reformed the moment #orban started to derail it? Years later a country with 10 million […]

#libertarianism (which has come to mean only right wing libertarianism) is a crypto fascist ideology. This is because the elected leadership of the state loses its power to corporate entities, which are not elected. The military and the police become the only remaining entities of the state […]

I'm going to call it TRUMP 2026. It's like covid 19, but we work from home because we can't afford petrol. #trump #iran #ohnonotthisagain

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#AbolishBillionaires I've seen here that the idea of abolishing billionaires entirely is not just my crazy idea, so maybe a bit of background. I am neither a communist nor a socialist nor religiously committed to #capitalism . I don't think capitalism as such is the problem. However: Nobody […]

Google co-founder spends $45m in fight against California billionaire tax | California | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/google-sergey-brin-california-billionaire-tax I used to idolize these guys. Google was a true modern marvel. And now they are just trashy power […]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/116256175207524078 The best part of this video is watching the stock market go down and the treasury yields go up in real time while the dude is talking. It reminds me of that Futurama where Fry crashes the Planet Express stock in real time.

It's simpler to defeat #iran and #russia than anyone would think. Just move away from #fossilfuel . The war against #climatechange is the one we should be fighting. Imagine just a few days of war money going toward research grants for renewables.

RE: https://social.5th.ro/@partywatch/116245443240653685 So many officials tell themselves that they can fix things from the inside, but become corrupted by remaining there. It was Nelson Mandela's biggest mistake to remain silent and loyal when members of his own party were robbing the people […]

Peter Thiel is actively convincing billionaires to abandon The Giving Pledge Giving alms to the poor in a public display has always been a way for the nobility to launder their greed. Who gives them the right to decide who eats and who starves, who lives and who dies? I think we need to think […]

What surprises me most of our time is the fact that so many people see themselves as identifying more with multi-billionaires than to broke immigrants and homeless people. For most people becoming a billionaire is statistically impossible, but becoming homeless is just 2 missed paychecks away. I […]